Haiku's

Emily

4/23/13

Haiku’s

Winter

snow covered hills

mountain peaks are wide

cold fingertips

Modern

ring ring beeeeep

silence fills the air

no words come

Open nature

freshness fills the air

hears childrens crys

brush of green

Towering trees

green mountains out my window

wind whistling

Fresh mountain air

river outside my window

ripples in the water

My doves poetry response

Emily

4/21/13

My Doves poem response

    My Doves by Louisa May Alcott this poem really drew my attention this week.  This poem is about doves as you may of noticed in the title.  It’s a very basic topic but the author makes it so much more.  This poem is a little over a page long, but every line gives you a clear image of the event.  The poem is very descriptive, I enjoyed it a lot.  There is a lot of alliteration in this poem I noticed for example “Twinkling eyes and fluttering wings.”  There is a lot of ings in that sentence, and it flows very nicely.  I also noticed a metaphor in this line “And my alms are freely taken.”  It’s a metaphor because its not a donation the person is just feeding the doves I guess in a way it could be a donation.  There’s a famous metaphor towards the end of the poem as well “So, they teach me the sweet lesson, That the humblest may give Help and hope, and in so doing, Learn the truth by which we live; For the heart that freely scatters simple charities and loves, Lures home content, and joy, and peace, like a soft-winged flock of doves.” That is a metaphor for what you give is what you get many writers have used that sort of metaphor in there writing not exactly in that form though.  I just thought that was a nice way to end the poem.  


Life is but a dream poem responce

Emily

4/20/13

Life is but a dream poem response

    Life is but a dream by Lewis Carroll this poem really drew my attention this week.  I got the idea that this poem is about Alice in Wonderland because of the two lines “Alice moving under skies” and “In a Wonderland they lie.”  The two key words Alice and Wonderland.  The poem is maybe about Alice going to wonderland?  There is a lot of repetition and alliteration in this poem.  For example at the end of the poem there is an alliteration with stream and gleam.  There is also repetition in “Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die.”  I like this poem because it flows and it has a nice sound to it.  One of my favorite lines is “Still she haunts me phantomwise.” I like that line because of the word phantomwise I’m not really even sure if it’s a word but I like the way it sounds.  There are also some alliterations in “A boat, beneath a sunny sky”  that is the first line of the poem and that line is simple but it really sets  the scene of the poem.  This is a pretty simple poem but I like it.  


Abstract nouns

Emily

4/18/13

Abstract nouns poem

Abstract nouns

Happiness is pineapple yellow golden beach on a summer day,

Success is lime green tropical forest on a warm day,

Quiet is serene green peaceful  forest without a sound,

Loneliness is storm cloud black raindrops and mud,

Boredom is ocean blue school at no end with a pile of books,

Joy is sunset gold paradise on a deserted island.

Earth Voices responce

Emily

4/14/13

Earth Voices response

    This week a poem that spoke to me was Earth Voices by Bliss Carman.  I love  this poem it is all about the seasons and how mother nature works.  I had to read it a couple of times to fully understand it but after I recognized all the metaphors in it.  Every time I read the poem it got better.  This poem is so peaceful and serene  to me it was like reading a peaceful affirmation.  In the first line I recognized an alliteration “I heard the spring wind whisper” from that sentence right off the bat it begins to paint a beautiful picture in my mind.  One of my favorite lines out of the whole poem was “ Within the house of being, I feed the lamp of truth with tales of ancient wisdom and prophecies of youth” I believe that line is a metaphor for the universe has a plan and it knows your future.  I also liked the line “The world is made forever in melody and power” I think that line is a metaphor for basically how the world works.  Melody means peace while power means controlling and taking over.  Isn’t that how the world works with peace and compromise then people with power try to take over.  This poem was written almost hundred years ago so the world was then ran with melody and power and it still is when will we find a balance?


Table Maners poem responce

Emily

4/14/13

Table manners response

    A poem that spoke to me was Table Manners by Gelett Burgess.  I liked the humor in it and how he painted a picture of the family.  The family sounded as if there was a lot of kids and they didn’t have good manners. I noticed there was an alliteration in the poem during the line “they spill their broth on the tablecloth” because there was a th sound in broth and tablecloth.  I also noticed a reputation with the name Goop because it kept repeating.  I also liked how the author at the end of the poem stated that he was not a Goop but then he asked his readers if they were ones.  It leaves the reader thinking about their lives and their manners  and if they need to change their ways or if they're on track with their  manners.  I enjoy reading simple poems like this one.  



Happy Vs Sad

Happy Vs. sad

Happy Vs. Sad   

Peace Vs. war

flowers Vs. rocks

Hope Vs. doubt

Smiles Vs. frowns

Sunshine Vs. rain
Love Vs. loneliness

rainbows Vs. bombs

trust Vs. guns

grass Vs. dirt

Friends Vs. bullies
Invite Vs. devite

Education Vs.jails

Right Vs. wrong or...

Wrong Vs. Right?